Manage Your Windows 11 Gallery: Add or Remove Folders

This article explains how to add or remove folders in the File Explorer Gallary collection on Windows 11.

Starting with Windows build 23435 and up, you will see a new Gallery feature in File Explorer designed to make it easy to access your photo collection. In addition, if you have OneDrive Camera Roll Backup on your phone, photos you take will show up automatically at the top of the view.

The Gallery is a collection of photos and images in File Explorer, Pictures Library, and the Photos app.

If you have other locations on your computer that you’d like to include in your Gallery collection, you can do that from the manage settings. This can also remove or exclude folders’ content you do not want to appear in your Gallery collection.

Adding or removing folders in the File Explorer Gallery can help you personalize your photo collection and make it more accessible. Adding a folder to the Gallery lets you quickly access all your photos from one place, even if they are stored in different locations on your computer.

And if there are certain folders you don’t want to appear in your Gallery, you can easily remove them to avoid clutter and keep your Collection organized.

Add or remove folders in your Gallery collection

As mentioned above, users can add or remove folders in their gallery collection to avoid clutter and keep it organized.

Here’s how to do it.

Click on the Gallery in the navigation pane in File Explorer.

Then select Collection -> Manage collection on the command bar.

Next, click the Add button to add folders from locations across your PC. Folders added here will still be stored in their original locations.

Select the folder and click Include folder to add the folder.

Once a folder is added, you can remove it at any time.

Return to Collection – > Manage collection in the File Explorer command bar to do that. Then click the select folder you want to remove and click Remove.

Add and remove folders using the Photos app

Another way to add or remove a folder from your Gallary collection is to use the Photos app.

Open the Photos app, select the Folder folder on the left, and click the Add a folder button on the right.

Select the folder you want to add and click the Select Folder button.

To remove a folder, right-click it and select Remove folder on the context menu.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• Adding or removing folders in your File Explorer Gallery collection lets you personalize and organize your photo collection.
• You can easily add or exclude folders from your Gallery to avoid clutter and rapidly access all your photos from one place.
• Two methods for managing your Gallery collection are through File Explorer or the Photos app.
• The instructions ensure you can effectively manage your Gallery collection in Windows 11, enhancing your overall user experience.